Backgrounds

In AAA (Alterated Alternity Alternative), your Background represents your character’s life, training, and experiences before they became a protagonist in the current story.

Choosing a Background is a critical step in character creation. It provides:

  1. Favored Skills (Purchase Cost Discount): A set of skills that represent your upbringing. When you buy these skills, you pay 1 point less than their List Price.
  2. Background Ability: A unique mechanical benefit or special trait that reflects your past.

Available Backgrounds

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Background Description
▼ Backgrounds
The Academy Graduate You represent the elite tier of institutional training.
Austin Combat School Graduate A graduate of a premier military academy known for producing disciplined and tactically brilliant soldiers.
The Bounty Hunter The galaxy is vast, but for you, it is just a series of footprints and digital trails.
The Breacher Specialist in bypassing physical barriers and initiating tactical entries.
The Certified Psychic You are an autonomous legal entity, granted the rare authority to use psionic powers openly.
The Corporate Enforcer Muscle for megacorporations, specializing in asset protection and dispute resolution.
The Criminal / Urchin Life on the streets taught you how to survive, but it left you with a name that the authorities won't forget.
The Deserter You are a ghost in the machine.
The Diplomat You were raised in the halls of power, where protocol is a weapon and reputation is everything.
The Face You are a master of the "hustle.
The Field Medic Combat-ready healer trained to save lives under fire.
The Field Researcher Scientist specialized in cataloging and analyzing data in dangerous environments.
The Fixer You know everyone, you owe everyone, and you're the only one who can get the job done.
The Fleet Officer While ground forces fight for meters, you fight for systems.
The Freelance Captain Independent starship operator surviving on business acumen and pilot skill.
The Ghost Agent Deep-cover operative specialized in non-combat subversion and infiltration.
The Grifter Master of deception and social engineering, flourishing on the greed of others.
The Hacker You grew up in the digital shadows, viewing the physical world as a secondary reality.
The Innovator Technical mind finding non-standard solutions to impossible problems.
Mercenary A survivalist combatant who has seen the grim realities of the battlefield.
The Military Brat You grew up in the shadow of the service.
The Operative Paramilitary professional specialized in direct action and tactical missions.
Orlamu Clergy Member You were raised in the serene temples of the Fraal, studying the connection between the mind and the cosmos.
The Outcast You come from a place where technology is magic and survival is the only law.
The Paramilitary Officer You didn't train at a prestigious academy or fight under a planetary flag.
The Private Eye Hardboiled urban investigator uncovering hidden truths in dark corners.
The Roughneck Industrial frontier worker accustomed to heavy machinery and harsh environments.
The Sapper Demolitions expert specialized in structural destruction and tactical entry.
The Scavenger Fringe survivor finding and fixing value in planetary junk and derelicts.
The Ship Owner You hold the keys to the most valuable asset in the galaxy: a starship.
The Smuggler You make your living in the gray areas between borders and laws.
The Subverter You use your art not for the galleries, but for the streets.
The Test Subject Survivor of experimental laboratory procedures with unique physiological insights.
The Virtuoso You are a master of aesthetics and performance.
The Wage Slave Bureaucratic survivor who knows how to navigate the complex red tape of the economy.
The War Hero You are defined by a single, highly publicized conflict.
The Whistleblower You are a relentless investigative journalist or freelance whistleblower.